²⁵Then Saul said, “This is what you must say to David: ‘The king desires no bride price^z except for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.’ ” (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.) ²⁶So his servants told David these words, and the matter pleased David^a to become the son-in-law of the king as the specified time had not expired.^b

²⁷And David got up, and he and his men went and struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they presented the full number^c to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife. ²⁸When Saul realized^d that Yahweh was with David and his own daughter Michal^e loved him, ²⁹Saul was threatened by David still more,^f so Saul became a perpetual enemy of David.^g ³⁰Then the commanders of the Philistines went out for battle, and as often as they went out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very esteemed.

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Footnotes

zLiterally “There is not a desire for the king for a bride price”
aLiterally “was right in the eyes of David”
bLiterally “the days were not full”
cLiterally “they filled them up”
dLiterally “saw and knew”
eLiterally “Michal the daughter of Saul”
fLiterally “added to be afraid from the presence of David”
gLiterally “was an enemy with David all the days”